Insurance Companies Quoted
There
are currently twelve major UK insurance companies participating in our
instant online quotations. More insurers will be added in the next few
months. The full list of insurers is as follows:
BUPA Health
BUPA began in 1947 as The British United Provident Association and now has nearly four million members in 180
countries worldwide. As a provident association, BUPA has no shareholders to pay and reinvests any money it makes in providing better health and care to more people.
Friends Provident
Friends Provident was established in 1832 and now has over two million individual policies and accounts, and
subsidiaries and affiliates in 14 countries. The Friends Provident Group manages the assets of around £37 billion world-wide.
Legal & General
Established in 1836, Legal & General has grown to be one of the largest pension, investment and protection
providers in the UK and one of the top 50 quoted companies. The group controls funds of over £107 billion world wide and has more than 2.5 million customers.
Liverpool Victoria
Liverpool Victoria is a mutual friendly society and was founded in 1843. Today Liverpool Victoria is the largest
friendly society in the UK with more than 1 million members and total assets of approximately £5.2 Billion. The current range of protection policies was established following the acquisition of Permanent Insurance on 16th February 2001.
Norwich Union
Founded in 1797, Norwich Union is now one of the top 50 companies listed
on the London Stock Exchange. On 30th May 2000 Norwich Union merged
with CGU making the combined organisation (CGNU) one of the largest
and strongest insurers in Europe. The CGNU group now has funds under
management in excess of £200 billion and fifteen
million customers world wide.
PRUDENTIAL
Established in 1848, today Prudential plc is a leading
international financial services company with more than 13 million customers
and some 20,000 employees worldwide. In the UK Prudential is a leading
life and pensions provider with over 7 million customers.
Scottish Equitable
Scottish Equitable is part of AEGON UK plc, one of the UK's largest life and pensions companies. AEGON UK's
parent company, AEGON nv, is one of the largest listed insurers in the world, with 24,000 employees worldwide and assets under management of over £175bn. Scottish Equitable Protect is a protection specialist.
Scottish Provident
Scottish Provident was founded in 1837 and became part of the Abbey National Group in 2001. It is now the
brand name for the healthcare and protection products of Scottish Mutual Assurance - one of the UK's leading insurance and investment companies, also part of the Abbey National Group. The company has received a
Standard & Poors Financial Strength Rating of A+ (Strong).
Skandia Life
Skandia Life Assurance Co Ltd, founded in the UK in 1979, is part of the Skandia Group of companies - one of
Europe's oldest and largest insurance groups, with operations in 100 countries and assets in excess of £34 billion.
Standard Life
Established
in Edinburgh in 1825, the Company is the largest mutual life insurer
in Europe. In the UK it offers an extensive range of life, pension and
investment products including bank deposits and residential mortgages
since January 1999.
Zurich Life
Established as Zurich in
Switzerland in 1872 and as Zurich Life in the UK in 1960, Zurich Life
today has assets of over £625 million. Zurich Life is part of the
Zurich Financial Services Group with a global presence in pensions, investments
and protection products.
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